Life

Slavery will always be a hot button issue for the American film industry, and there is something endlessly horrifying about watching depictions of it.

A new year brings an opportunity for change, so if you haven’t decided on your New Year’s resolution(s) for 2014 you’d better get cracking.

Australian women today have less financial resources compared to their male counterparts and this is particularly evident in retirement.

From this week millions of kids start the new school year and for those with children in the private system the ever-increasing costs can be overwhelming.

Too often, we start with tactics rather than strategies when we think about investing.

Have you seen director David O’Russell’s acclaimed comedy American Hustle? What a rib-tickler! Loosely based on America’s Abscam scandal, which brought about the conviction of a United States senator and six members of Congress in 1980, this side-splitting con artist caper stars Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Bradley Cooper.

As you come out of the blur of Christmas and the summer break, despite putting your best foot forward and setting ambitious goals for the new year, it doesn’t take long for old habits to creep back in.

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that when one part of your life starts going okay, another falls spectacularly to pieces.

Professional women often earn good money and make their own decisions about spending, saving, investing and protecting their wealth.

Dear Ex, You may be sitting there wondering where it all went wrong.

Go-getter DS Stella Gibson, played by The X-Files star Gillian Anderson, leaves stunned audiences in her wake as she has casual affairs with office colleagues, while on the hunt for a ruthless killer in the BBC UK’s cult hit thriller The Fall.

It is time for Australian women to step up, take control of their financial future and consider financially breaking up with the men in their lives.